Bird
Bird figurine - Red clay; modeled; oxidation-fired; slip-painted. Bird w/ modeled head and tail. Polychrome: white and black on red clay background. White slipped body; black painted wings; black on tail, eyes. Red comb and beak.
- Object: Bird
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: Mid 20th century
- Dimensions: 3/4" long 1/2" wide
- Culture Area: Southwest
- Cultural Group: Cochiti
- Cultural Context: Cochiti has long been associated with a ceramic figurine tradition, maintaining it, even when other Pueblos gave it up. The popularity of Cochiti figurines, particularly, the "Storyteller", has inspired artists in Pueblos to make figurines again.
- Donor: -
- Catalog #: 78.482